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[TUT] Build Metamorph themes on your phone!!

Originally posted in Vibrant section... Sorry if this is old news...
Go to market
Download mm, ninjamorph, silver edit, and astro.. While here pick up a random icon pack... (your first morph)
Open silver edit..pick new xml.. Here is a template. Replace the dashes - with less than/greater than < .. They won't show on xda
-?xml version="1.0"?-
-themename-Theme_Name-/themename-
-themeversion-1.x-/themeversion
-screenshot--/screenshot-
-author-that's you-/author-
-authorweblink--/authorweblink-
-phone-Samsung Vibrant-/phone
-rom-Stock-/rom-
-themedescription-whatever changes-/themedescription-
-item-your app.apk-/item-
-path-/system/app/-/path-
-description-changes the...-/description-
-item-framework-res.apk-/item-
-path-/system/framework/-/path-
-description-Morphs the ...-/description-
Open ninja morph, choose the apk you want to modify.. The images you want to change are in res folder in the drawable dir.. choose the icon and replace it with one out of the icon pack..
Open astro.. Go to android themes.. Make new directory, Theme_Name.. Open the workspace folder..this is where the changed apk is... Copy res folder.. Paste it inside Theme_Name.. Delete everything but drawable... Open the silver edit folder in astro and copy Theme_Name.xml and paste it with your new res folder... You just made a morph on your phone...
Open meta morph..start checks and chose existing... Click Theme_Name and Theme_Name.xml, apply all...
Your original images from your apk are in backup inside android themes...
Thanks stericson for 2 great apps
My phone has been flashed more than Girls Gone Wild..

nice tutto, as simply as look

This is awesome! Will be sending many folks this way. Thanks!

This is confirmed working.. I have made 3 morphs this method and even uploaded them with dropbox from my phone...
My comp up and died on me so I needed a way to keep me busy
...speaking of, I have a talent show to practice for...
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I did everything by the guide in the first post but when I try to install the theme in metamorph I get the error The theme you selected is invalid because the theme control file could be missing, or is not correctly written.
Any help would be much appreciated.

The thread says ninjamorph not matamorph I think that may be the prob
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No I've done the nijamorph part then I go into metamorph for the last part and I get that error.

My fault bro sorry my dumb ass missed that mayb that why I can't get it to work lol
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Can tell the majority of people here are men, I'm a girl
Managed to do it by using just nijamorph, took a while though.
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This is sick man! Is there a way I can possibly extract .png's from a cm7 theme and morph them over to another theme?
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Modding apks

Does anyone know how to manage/ mod apks I'm trying apk tool but its not even. Starting up on my computer?
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When I say apks, meaning framework res and good stuff like that
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I also want to migrate some apks of xt883 to verizon rom.

jojo4747 said:
Does anyone know how to manage/ mod apks I'm trying apk tool but its not even. Starting up on my computer?
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If you just want to do some basic theming to framework-res.apk and systemui.apk all you really need is 7zip and a way to sign packages, I use Androidsigner.

Androidsims said:
If you just want to do some basic theming to framework-res.apk and systemui.apk all you really need is 7zip and a way to sign packages, I use Androidsigner.
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how would you edit the actual system apps? everytime i open them i just get a whole bunch of xml files. but unless im wrong, arent these just layout files that tell the app how to display?

Thank you, I am planning to release my own rom sometime next week
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Is winzip ok?
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You can always use uot kitchen to theme. Google it
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[q] apk help

I'm new into theme, I can work with apk files from the market ( decompile and build ) but when I try try to decompile SystemUI.apk from my Galaxay Tab I get an error. I try all the solutions that I find here but without success. Can someone help me??
Thanks

Did you import the framework from that rom into apk manager(or whatever other program you use)?
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Ditto, use framework apk as dependee
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Modifying an existing custom rom

I'm trying to mod an existing custom rom for my own use. Im just changing some pngs.
I unzip it, use formatter to change framework res apk to rar, unpack it. Change my pngs, repack it, use formatter to change back to apk. (Do I need to sign it?) Zip up the folder with 7zip, set compression as store.( is this correct) . But when I go to install it in cwm it wont install. I'm clearly missing a step. Someone please tell me what I'm missing or doing wrong. Thanks
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Anyone know what I'm missing. Read as many tutorials as I could find. But clearly I'm doing something wrong.
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Check this out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1198035
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1192493

Sorted finally figured out how to use 7zip properly...now I can't stop changing stuff on my phone.
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[Q]Dialer pad theme changing ?

Hi there, i want to know if someone can teach me how to change my dialer pad. i seen a post about that but it was not explained in detail.
it said in the post that in order to change the theme i need to find phone.apk and open with 7zip and change file in 2 of the folders there.
can one of the themers here help in this ? explain a bit more, point me to the right place?
another question about it, if i take the phone and contacts apk's from JB and replace them with those that are in IZS or Marvel v11 will it work? will it change the dialer looks with no prolems ?
thanks
Sol

Ok. First i tried to take the file from jelly bean and it didnt work. The file i took are from OB custom rom based on cm.
I found a thread for samsung that explain little bit better but will it work for OB that thing seems tricky.
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AW: [Q]Dialer pad theme changing ?
cookiepuppy said:
Ok. First i tried to take the file from jelly bean and it didnt work. The file i took are from OB custom rom based on cm.
I found a thread for samsung that explain little bit better but will it work for OB that thing seems tricky.
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I dont know for sure, since i dont theme myself, but I think you cant simply use, since it probably has got dependencies in framework and other files. If you integrate those somehow, it might work but CMIIW
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Hopefully I will catch this thing somehow and someday.
BTW what is CMIIW ? Is it the full abbreviation of CM?
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